PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Why pay for contactless payments when they should be free, especially during a pandemic? Walmart has managed to survive and thrive through the pandemic mostly because it never lost its “essential” retail tag and because it finally made some real steps toward being an eCommerce company. Target has Shipt.

Math 60

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

healthcare system was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, a reality illustrated by UnitedHealth Group’s latest earnings report published Wednesday (Jan. UnitedHealth reports it is also looking for a delayed cost impact as those who put off care early on in the pandemic are now coming back to seek service. Every aspect of the U.S.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

A COVID slump slowed the roll of major automakers and dealers this past spring, with the pandemic causing a 30 percent drop in auto sales to date. Seeking “margin levels and profitability levels that aren't really possible with traditional sales models,” Marcinkowski said that Canoo’s approach extracts more free cash flow per vehicle.

Manufacturing 74

Manufacturing Sales Planning Retail 74

CFO News Room

JANUARY 24, 2023

“In most press accounts about the impending appointments, Zients’s primary bond to Biden is the time he spent as the White House COVID czar—an intense 15 months, during which they masterfully rolled out vaccines and then sometimes sputtered in their quest to vanquish the pandemic. The price tag was just shy of $9,000 — a reduced rate.

Manufacturing 130

Manufacturing Construction Economics Banking 130

Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

So, captured a lot of information really quickly, so we have that data during a crisis or during a pandemic as opposed to trying to do a debrief later on. . . There are different levels of patience for doing things in a manual basis. Meredith Zonsius 2:39 . And so, we see more banks getting more prescriptive about it.

Treasury 52

Treasury Currencies Banking Planning 52

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

Just an incredible, insightful conversation about how to build a company, how to grow through acquisitions, how to make sure everybody on your team understands their role, is appreciated, and is acting and performing at the highest levels. I’ve been back and forth for a while and then we had the pandemic hit.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

BRYANT: Yes, it was a transformational experience to have this banker come in my classroom on several levels. And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. Rules are published, playing field is level. RITHOLTZ: Right. What do you do?

Economics 56

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices. Eleven years and a global pandemic later, the future of business travel is unclear. Some say it will take until 2024 for business travel to snap back to 2019 levels. Then the pandemic struck.

B2B 138

B2B Technology Communication Entertainment 138

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Can I just tag along? And it wasn’t some 00:26:33 [Speaker Changed] No, no second level thinking, no second. I I I mean seriously, they, they talk about, well the risk from a supernova is one in a billion and an asteroid is one in a million and a pandemic is one in a hundred and AI is one in 30. What could go wrong?

Math 60

Math Profit and Loss Numbers Marketing 60

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

HAMBURGER: Except that states like California like the fact that broker dealers have that level of supervision and control, right, when it comes to protecting investors. What have you been streaming and what’s kept you entertained in the pandemic and post-pandemic era? RITHOLTZ: Almost always. RITHOLTZ: Okay.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 60

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

How do you take this to the next level? And then within LVMH, I moved to Tag Heuer, which is a pure watch business — RITHOLTZ: Right. It was really kind of in the Tag Heuer timeline for me, career-wise, that I became aware of Ben and of Hodinkee. MB&F is next level. How do you hire people? When do you do that?

Retail 64

Retail Advertising Numbers Economics 64

Barry Ritholtz

DECEMBER 26, 2023

And I remember that first level was tough. 00:08:19 [Speaker Changed] I mean, the level one was, I don’t remember at that time, but all I do remember was the first half of the test I felt like, you know, I failed it. And you know what, I would put the levels in there. I had no finance background. Maybe even more.

Marketing 60

Marketing Leadership Finance Investments 60

Barry Ritholtz

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

And we literally talk about during the show, I got a tag to present to the SEC, about their new single stock product. I think the 10-years pre-pandemic, so between GFC and pandemic, whatever you’re going to call that window, it’s not a lost decade. We were ready to do the next one when the pandemic hit.

Finance 107

Finance Investments Math Marketing 107

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 2, 2024

But the stress level seems to be a little less. Tag on top of that for healthcare. I, I vividly recall during the pandemic lockdown, if you had a college degree and you were working in what we think of as a white collar job, you could work remote. We have to be a bit careful about levels and changes. That’s amazing.

Healthcare 56

Healthcare Economics Math Education 56

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2023

I can either just give it away for free, which, you know, I started the cash tag dollar sign… RITHOLTZ: Right. RITHOLTZ: At these levels. LINDZON: So again, I’m in a, it was in a power position on some level because people needed StockTwits to spam to get users. RITHOLTZ: And then the pandemic certainly didn’t hurt.

Leverage 111

Leverage Investments Valuation Finance 111

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The two plans are similar in content — both include an extension of federal unemployment benefits, direct cash payments, additional PPP funds, enhanced SNAP benefits, school funding and behavioral health services money — though given the strikingly different price tags, those funding levels are quite different.

Planning 94

Planning Compliance Economics Accounting 94